"Philippine militants free two kidnapped Germans" Associated Press October 18, 2014
MANILA — Two Germans kidnapped and held for six months in the southern Philippines were released Friday by a militant group hours after it had threatened to behead one of them if no ransom payment were made, the Philippine defense chief said.
The Abu Sayyaf group released Stefan Okonek and Henrike Dielen on southern Jolo Island, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said.
Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Rami told radio station DXRZ in southern Zamboanga City that his group received $5.6 million in ransom. He did not say who paid it.
Gazmin said he was ‘‘not privy’’ to information about any ransom payment.
Abu Sayyaf gunmen seized Okonek and Dielen last April from a yacht.
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Related: Pemberton Phucked Up in Philippines
Maybe he should lose one of his.
